Colleges Band Together to Reduce Binge Drinking

In an effort to curb the high rates of alcohol use on college campuses, 14 national colleges and universities have launched an initiative entitled, the Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking. The initiative was created by Dartmouth University to address alcohol use and the 40 percent of college students who binge drink.

The collaborative is an information exchange partnership that will track the progress of initiatives designed to reduce harmful alcohol-related incidents and binge drinking on their campuses. The institutions involved include: Dartmouth University, Boston University, Cornell University, Duke University, Northwestern University, Ohio University, Princeton University, Purdue University, Stanford University, Wesleyan University, the University of Wyoming, Stony Brook University, Frostburg State University and Sewanee: The University of the South. The Collaborative will continue to accept member schools until May 20.

The collaborative’s member schools will attend three “learning sessions” every six months, which will require that schools collect, analyze and present data on any programs targeting high-risk drinking on their campuses with Dartmouth hosting the first one next month. The collaborative’s findings will be published at the conclusion of the meetings.